Cook County Opinion
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No place for militia such as BlackwaterSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It is time for Congress to enact a law banning private militia firms such as Blackwater from forming mercenary armies such as the one that this week has been banned by t...
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Media are echoing Bush's line on IranSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I am having grave concerns that the Bush administration is ready to strike Iran with a massive military assault. The rhetoric emanating from the White House is eerily si...
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Smoke ban just might help casinosSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Casinos are worried that they will lose revenue if smoking is banned. Have they thought about the money they are currently losing because non-smokers don't like sitting ...
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No incentive for Craig to cross aisleSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Larry Jankowski's cute suggestion, appearing in a recent Daily Herald, that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig join the Democrats shows how little he knows about people like Craig. ...
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Best answer is to allow them licensesSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Letters were published this week about Bill Sarto's response to Chris Bailey's column on unlicensed/uninsured drivers. Those letters offer examples of problems, but the ...
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Suicide-prone girls our society's faultSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - I'm saddened but not surprised that the suicide rate is up for young American girls. Look at how we adults present the world. We live in the greatest nation on the plan...
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Drunken driver hit motorcyclist, police saySep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Mundelein man with a history of drunken-driving arrests faces new charges after his car hit and badly injured a motorcyclist, police said today. Authorities believe Se...
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Debating language rules is copy editor's professional hazardSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - When it comes to the English language, you must never take anything for granted. It ought to be a simple enough proposition. If the singular referring to the famous sled...
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If we forget 9/11, our enemies will winSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The line in Froma Harrop's column regarding the debate over how to remember the Sept. 11 attacks six years later that really bothered me was: "They (the families of thos...
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If we forget 9/11, our enemies will winSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The line in Froma Harrop's column regarding the debate over how to remember the Sept. 11 attacks six years later that really bothered me was: "They (the families of thos...